Bella didn't have many mories of the ti she spent after her brother departed from the world.
She rembered her days in isolation when she was hunting beasts as a source to keep herself engaged. She wanted to not dwell on her loss, or she knew she would lose herself and also the chance of reuniting with him.
The best source of finding a way to et her brother was to extend her contact with people. She realized that there were unique and different abilities that each individual possessed—as such, she recognized the need to expand her reach and bring more people under her command.
Around that ti, she was in Vegas, where she started building her Empire and recruited people who worked for her tirelessly so they could expand her territory. Within a few years, there was no ruler left in Vegas who dared to defy Bella.
Around that ti, she t a girl nad Lena who was quite good in administration and was powerful enough to make Bella use so of her strongest spells against her. And the most significant quality of hers—she talked very little.
Bella, at that ti, didn't like to interact with people and Lena was the perfect person to understand her intentions without her saying it.
As such, she made her the head of the administration and left the group in her hands before she disappeared.
However, so many things happened once Bella was summoned in that world, that she completely forgot about her existence—until the silver head appeared right before her all of a sudden.
"My Queen....I sensed your presence..." Lena muttered, completely unbothered about the fact that she was currently tied with the ropes.
The commotion, fortunately, didn't alert the sensors around or they would have to evacuate imdiately.
"That's not possible..." Bella uttered, "Miles away, how could you have sensed ? Tell , are you from the side of the enemy?"
Lena's expression remained the sa. However, Akira and Carl panicked, gripping their weapons; they were just a call away from attacking the silver head.
However, "I had ford a Soul Bond with you, My Queen—betraying you ans death." Lena simply stated that her confidence doesn't co from the Soul Bond but from the devotion she carries for her queen.
Bella rembered there was a ti she agreed to so Bond which Lena ntioned—never thought it would be that serious.
"Why did you attack Boris?" Carl demanded.
"Because I assud you all have restrained my queen and suppressed her mana," Lena stated, her eyes narrowing at the young man; clearly still quite wary of them.
Bella rolled her eyes, "I have been suppressing my mana to not get noticed....then, how did you notice ?"
Lena explained, "It must be because of the Soul Bond that since last night, I have been feeling your presence."
That makes sense to Lilia. She has also ford a Soul Bond with her master in the past, and faintly, she could sense his presence if he is within the sa plain as her.
His presence disappeared only once when he jumped into the Endless Hold to satiate the need to summon the Demon General.
It was the period that Lilia never wanted to experience again.
"Why are you here?" Finally, the brunette called out—elevating the tension in the air.
Carl and Akira stepped away, leaving Lilia and Lena face to face.
Lena wouldn't lie—she was quite impressed by the brunette's fighting skills and how easily she subdued her. However, none of that can force her to lie about her intentions,
"I ca here to fulfill my duty as My Queen's retainer."
Lilia crossed her arms on her chest, before asking, "Yet you risked her life by arriving here so abruptly? I see no sense of responsibility in you."
For the first ti since her arrival, Lena seed hesitant to speak...more like the stoic woman seed embarrassed as she lowered her eyes in sha.
Carl felt guilty conscience towards the silver head as he tried to soothe the situation, "Now-now, don't scold her, Miss Lilia. If she is soone close to Big Sis, she is our ally as well, no?" He glanced at Bella and found her busily munching on potato chips.
"..." Your comrade is getting scolded here!
Lilia heaved a sigh before turning towards the young miss, "What should be done with her, is in your hands." Lilia said, since she cannot regard Lena as their enemy considering she was bound with Bella through friendship and Soul Bond.
As such, the responsibility of the girl falls on Bella; that is what she wants to do about her.
Bella handed the bag of chips to Akira before stepping towards the blue-eyed female.
"Tell , Lena...what is the status of that group I left behind...what was its na again?"
"The Crimson clan..." Lena muttered, making Bella wonder why she chose such a basic na before she added,
"Yeah...how many people are there in that clan?" Last she rembered, she stopped recruiting after the number reached four hundred—considering she found that little guy nad Anvil who gave her the slight hope of jumping through dinsions. However, it failed in the end.
Bella was thinking that the guild might have expanded in the years...however, never did she assud the numbers to be,
"Seven thousand spread in four countries."
".....!!"
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A few hours of sleep it all took for Richard to wash away all the fatigue he had been accumulating after entering this world.
He was, sohow, reminded of that ti when living another day was the greatest fortune. In a world where survival was becoming more and more difficult each day, a single night of sleep seed quite a luxury to him.
Around those tis, Richard used to sleep just anywhere and in any position. That's why when he had to leave a comfortable bed and sleep on the ground while continuously keeping an ear to his surroundings, even while asleep, it reminded him of old tis.
"Are you awake now?" Richard asked as he saw Emily looking up at him with starry eyes.
She slowly nodded but made no move to show that she wanted to get up now.
Richard smiled at her before reminding the girl, "We are still in the middle of investigating the enemy's territory, y'know."
Emily couldn't have told him how much she wanted to remain in the blanket...she nodded to his words before getting up, allowing Richard to stretch his body and remove the blanket.
He could sense the movent of beasts in the surroundings, and when he looked around, he found a big deer lying dead nearby, its innards being pulled out while Lailia continued to watch around.
Richard was impressed by Ben's working speed, as he said, "You seem experienced in this…"
Ben was startled for a mont to hear his voice as he turned to look at the redhead before wiping his face.
"I learned from the situation. Initially, I used to waste a lot of at."
"Well, I was no better at it as well. Bella always handled this." Richard said before he called out, "Co down, Laila; let's have dinner."
The pink head flinched before she turned to look at the leader. She was standing atop a tree, so she had to climb down carefully—however, she was saved from the effort when suddenly a translucent barrier appeared around her, and the girl was brought down to the ground.
"Thank you…" With a smile, she thanked the blond.
Emily nodded before she picked a few branches which Ben previously picked and made a small campfire.
Ben brought so chunks of at as Richard ignited the branches.
Soon they settled around the campfire and placed the at near the heat to let it cook.
Laila took out a few snacks she had brought along and shared them with others.
While eating, Richard said, "In an hour, we will leave."
The atmosphere instantly dropped upon hearing that as they realized that it was finally ti.
"We will move in groups of two—Laila and I will remain hidden while Emily and Ben will enter the base." Richard directed, " We will be just behind you two, hidden by Emily's barrier. If there cos a mana detector, Emily, just give us a ten-second half, and we will escape."
The blond nodded, " Understood."
"Laila, your role is to navigate and take care of guards when I ask you to."
The pink head diligently nodded.
And Ben, Richard began again, "I need you to look at the fortress as much as you can…learn the structure and make a ntal note of everywhere you go."
The masked one nodded.
With his eyes situated on the flas, Richard clenched his fist as so words seeped through his lips,
'Just so more ti Rena…I promise I will save you ….'
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